Retail Revival

July 28, 1986

7-Eleven wants to carve up some of the business now garnered by the fast- food restaurants, and is starting that push in Florida with a drive-in window. The window, added last week to the store at 340 Douglas Ave. in Altamonte Springs, is 7-Eleven's first in the country. Customers will be able to buy sandwiches, non-alcoholic beverages, bread and milk from the window from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. In Tampa, 7-Eleven soon will sell Church's Fried Chicken at some locations; and in St. Louis, Mo., its stores will sell Hardee's hamburgers. The drive-in and joint ventures with Church's and Hardee's ''set the stage for our entry into the fast-food business,'' spokeswoman Deborah Burket said.